Feature Stories

Congrats to Parkwood High’s FCCLA for their results in this year’s state Culinary competition

The PWHS FCCLA Culinary students had a wonderful day yesterday at JWU Charlotte competing in both the Culinary Arts Competition and then the Baking & Pastry  Competition!  Allie Lehan earned a silver medal in Baking & Pastry and overall came in 3rd place in the State!  She qualifies to compete at the FCCLA National Convention…

South Piedmont Community College is holding an Open House on March 14 from 4-8pm at the Old Charlotte Highway Campus

Health Science Academy at Monroe High School student’s trying “solve a mystery” in PLTW Principles of Biomedical Sciences

Health Science Academy at Monroe High School students are solving the mysterious death of Anna Garcia in Principles of Biomedical Science! In PLTW classes, students get to learn by activity-based learning. Students are playing the role of many different careers in the Forensic Medical Investigation team. These jobs include blood Spatter Analyst, Medical Technician, Digital…

Congratulations to the Cuthberson FFA poultry judging team

Congratulations to the Cuthberson FFA poultry judging team who placed 3rd in the NC FFA state competition yesterday out of 99 teams.  Team members were Emery Donlan, Reagan Young, Rachel Young, and Phoebe Ward.  Emery was also the 5th high scoring individual in the competition.  Great job! To read more about the NC FFA poultry…

Building Futures: Monroe and Parkwood HS Students Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Fire Academy 2022 Graduate Hired by Monroe Fire Department

Less than 3 months after graduation, Andrew Bessinger achieved his goal of becoming a firefighter. In his senior year, Andrew began fire certification classes at Piedmont High School’s Fire Academy and passed all skills testing and certification testing offered in Fire Technology I, II, & III.   When he graduated on June 6, 2022, he…

MHS Health Sciences Academy Mentoring Begins at East Elementary

Mrs. Goings’ Health Science II students begin mentoring in the Spanish Immersion class, Health Science class, 4th and 2nd grade classes as well. This will take place once a week for the the remainder of 2022. Reading, mentoring, and guiding are just a few tasks students will assist students with.

MRHS FBLA Succeeds in Chicago!

This past summer, sixty MRHS students competed with over 12,000 high school students in the FBLA National Conference that took place in Chicago, Illinois. Over the course of five days, students competed in their respected events, attended inspiring workshops, and explored the city of Chicago. Among the 60 MRHS FBLA members that competed, 10 received…

From WFAE 90.7 – “NC school districts’ summer programs mix academic urgency with hands-on fun”

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MRHS DECA took 16 students to the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Ga. on April 23-26, 2022

During the school year, approximately 100,000 of DECA’s 160,000 high school student members take part in the organization’s competitive events program, allowing them to compete for local, regional and state titles. The competitions are designed to simulate real-life business scenarios and test students’ academic understanding and skills development. The top state winners put their talents…